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he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible democrats and republicans. there was a question whether there would be a credible republican who would be interested in doing something like this. the fact that ben ginsberg, who is a well respected republican ♪ ♪ ♪ for those nights when it's more than a bad dream, be ready. for the times you need to double-check the temperature on the thermometer, be ready. for high fever, nothing works faster or lasts longer. be ready with children's motrin. . . . . . . . . >>> i don't believe in drinking water on television. i don't believe that a person should -- if you're on tv, i don't think you should be
he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible...
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he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible democrats and republicans. there was a question whether there would be a credible republican who would be interested in doing something like this. the fact that ben ginsberg, who is a well respected republican lawyer is willing to sit down with bob bauer and sit down with this commission and try and hash things out is an achievement. but they've set the bar really low. if you look at the press release that the white house put out about this, all they're going to do is issue some guidelines for states and localities about best practices. it doesn't look like federal election reform, which i think is s
he writes the election law blog. he is the author of "the voting wars." professor, it's great to see you. great to see you. >> great to be here. >> i'm a political observer on these things. what do you make of the strategy of president obama choosing the top two lawyers from his campaign and mr. ginsberg from the romney campaign to try to head up a commission like this? >> first of all, if you're going to have a commission like this, you have to have credible...
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once he got elected. does he deserve it substantively? is there anything that is different about him that lays out a more sustainable, more electorally likely to be effective path for republicans than other politicians they've got now? >> there are two differences with rubio. i don't think they add up to much, though. one is his life story is relatable in a way that their last standard bearer wasn't. mitt romney's life story was the story of 1% from birth through to age 65. nobody could really relate to that. marco rubio's is sort of an immigrant story. it is the american dream in a lot of ways. so it is more relatable. and also the fact that he is hispanic and republicans have this problem with hispanics. and that goes hand in hand with rubio is slowly nudging the party away from the hard line on immigration. i'm not sure exactly where that is going to lead. but that's the one sort of substantive different that rubio represents from where the republican party has been. in every other substantive way, though, not only was that speech sort
once he got elected. does he deserve it substantively? is there anything that is different about him that lays out a more sustainable, more electorally likely to be effective path for republicans than other politicians they've got now? >> there are two differences with rubio. i don't think they add up to much, though. one is his life story is relatable in a way that their last standard bearer wasn't. mitt romney's life story was the story of 1% from birth through to age 65. nobody could...
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on election day, that election sort of altered my thinking. it was clear he to me that there were forces in every public and party that would control that nomination process. it would be challenging for any nominee to navigate those forces. they would have to make difficult choices in order to be the nominee. there was an element of doubt. we did think it was the likely guy. >> was there every sign you that he would not do it? >> yeah. he had really relaxed in 2009 ya. nn had a health scare. so, 2009, who knows. the time that i came to think that he was looking to run was right after the scott brown race when he sat down with eric and said we need to get another person. . let's talk to matt rhoades. i thought that was a pretty good indication that he was very serious about thinking of running. >> i was with governor romney in 2008 during that presidential campaign. on the plane back to washington , he was busy trying to arrange people's lives. he did not sound like a person who was plotting another run. he seemed exhausted by politics. but the
on election day, that election sort of altered my thinking. it was clear he to me that there were forces in every public and party that would control that nomination process. it would be challenging for any nominee to navigate those forces. they would have to make difficult choices in order to be the nominee. there was an element of doubt. we did think it was the likely guy. >> was there every sign you that he would not do it? >> yeah. he had really relaxed in 2009 ya. nn had a...
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what we're in favor of is small donor public funding of elections. right now you have big donors that basically push the small donor away, and that the big donors are giving because they want something in had return. there's no doubt about that. so you're going to keep seeing stories like this, but the elections are going to get more expensive, which is going to put more pressure on candidates to raise money, which is going to give more access to those who can bundle the big contributions, who can make the big contributions. frankly, we have a campaign finance system that is completely broken, and when you have the system by which you elect your candidates broken, you have a broken democracy. >> ari, we talk about money and politics. it's also the rise of the super pacts has given a lot of rich guys the feeling that they can be key makers. they weren't very successful in the last election, but certainly the rise of sort of ego pacts is not going anywhere. >> who wouldn't want an ego pact? >> i want an ego pact. >> you can point to the lack of success
what we're in favor of is small donor public funding of elections. right now you have big donors that basically push the small donor away, and that the big donors are giving because they want something in had return. there's no doubt about that. so you're going to keep seeing stories like this, but the elections are going to get more expensive, which is going to put more pressure on candidates to raise money, which is going to give more access to those who can bundle the big contributions, who...
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and we're aware -- getting used -- as any official certainly elected officials, senior elected officials in this country have security details, you learn to deal with them and not being alone. and it was a challenge. but after a while you stop thinking about it and believe me, our major concern is not physical safety. i have a job to do here. i have a fabulous job. i have a great privilege to represent the land of my birth, the land of my forefathers, because there's -- >> which will come to you. >> and every day i basically pinch myself that i have this honor and this pillage to do this. >> how did you get to be the ambassador representing israel and the united states? you are american born, let's get to that. can you tell the story of how you got from here to there and became the person who got from there to here? >> briefly. okay. i was born upstate new york, raised in new jersey. >> educated in this country? >> educated in this country, yeah. and i had grown up all the the sense i wanted to live in israel. that was extremely important to me. >> religious family growing up? >> nome, n
and we're aware -- getting used -- as any official certainly elected officials, senior elected officials in this country have security details, you learn to deal with them and not being alone. and it was a challenge. but after a while you stop thinking about it and believe me, our major concern is not physical safety. i have a job to do here. i have a fabulous job. i have a great privilege to represent the land of my birth, the land of my forefathers, because there's -- >> which will come...
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i'm your elected official, you sent me to washington to focus on this. and you know, john mccain when he ran for re-election a couple of years ago, he said build the dang fence. he played to the crowd. what we saw just now was a john mccain who was basically giving this guy a hug and saying no, i understand your fear, but your fear is misplaced. here are the facts, this is the way it is. we need to see more of that john mccain. and we need to see more of that kind of john mccain in all the other states and all these other elected officials who face town halls like that, where people are pushing, throwing falsehoods at them. and then to be able to say no, no, no, here is what the facts are, and why you don't need to be afraid. and why we actually need to do something about this to settle your fears. >> well, let's listen to more of that john mccain. >> and -- >> that is the problem. >> see what i mean, you're just making my point. >> you don't listen to us, that is the reason i'm like this. >> you know something, again? i have gone to town hall meetings f
i'm your elected official, you sent me to washington to focus on this. and you know, john mccain when he ran for re-election a couple of years ago, he said build the dang fence. he played to the crowd. what we saw just now was a john mccain who was basically giving this guy a hug and saying no, i understand your fear, but your fear is misplaced. here are the facts, this is the way it is. we need to see more of that john mccain. and we need to see more of that kind of john mccain in all the...
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he won the election decisively. he got a deal on his terms as the whitehouse sees it on the fiscal cliff. he got the republicans to retreat on the debt limit. i don't think the republicans are going to play with government shut down either and so the presidencies himself riding high it seems to me and he sees the republicans in a disorganized and back on their heels and he's going to press that and will be an inaugural address we know what is a clairn call to progressive values and progressive program goals. >> rose: what would you like to hear the president say. what do republicans want to hear the president say. >> i think every american wants to hear the president talk about economic growth and job conversation. >> rose: that's what he's focusing on. >> he says that but the pivot would have to be toward longer term spending restraint. i say that because otherwise his budgets are a massive tax increase on all middle income americans going forward. i don't think he wants that. so i think the question to follow up i
he won the election decisively. he got a deal on his terms as the whitehouse sees it on the fiscal cliff. he got the republicans to retreat on the debt limit. i don't think the republicans are going to play with government shut down either and so the presidencies himself riding high it seems to me and he sees the republicans in a disorganized and back on their heels and he's going to press that and will be an inaugural address we know what is a clairn call to progressive values and progressive...
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right now we have 13,000 election jurisdictions in this country that run elections 13,000 different ways. those local election officials who have a lot of discretion. we need to do that. we need to make sure that registration is easy. why is it when i move from one side of town to another that i have to update my voter registration. uncle sam can find me. why can't the voter registration folks find me? we got it make it easier to register. we need to have more opportunities to have free, fair and accessible elections. >> cenk: judith, thank you very much. we appreciate it. >> thanks for having me. >> cenk: no problem. when we come back, you know though meteors that hit russia, we have 100 million people who watched them online. this are victims as well. >> and she was thrown in by the wave that came after the flash. and then we--my ears got blocked, and the whole room got filled with dust. >> cenk: and there's bill nye the science guy. he's in the studio. he's going explain to us the real dangers much those meteors. is it going to hit your backyard next? no, it's not. that's next. [ ♪
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any of the people since the election -- how can that be better? host: harry is watching us from virginia, an independent. caller: >> we think there are three top priorities to the state of the union, and one basic solution. they need to be focused on the economy, reining in the deficit, and improving employment with new jobs and higher income. incomes have stagnated. there is really only one solution. if we want to accomplish our goals, we really need to and partisanship. this was promised four years ago, when president obama ran for office the first time. we have to get our country back on track. the president's job is to lead our country, to unite our country, to bring both sides of the aisle, all three sides of the aisle -- by an independent -- together. he won the election by 3%, not a huge margin. he represents the other 48% who did not vote for him. i would like to truly see him embrace the other half. host: thanks for your call. we will continue to take your calls throughout the hour, and will preview the state of the union, a thing you the
any of the people since the election -- how can that be better? host: harry is watching us from virginia, an independent. caller: >> we think there are three top priorities to the state of the union, and one basic solution. they need to be focused on the economy, reining in the deficit, and improving employment with new jobs and higher income. incomes have stagnated. there is really only one solution. if we want to accomplish our goals, we really need to and partisanship. this was...
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that is, quite frankly, an indication what happened in the election. he got 71% of the hispanic vote in november. mitt romney got 27% and republicans know they have to get on the right side of this issue. so republicans as well as democrats are working to try to come up with some kind of compromise. president realizes this is one of the few areas the legislators are working on their own and taking a back seat. it will be interesting how he talks about this tonight. he doesn't want to get in the way and make it an obama plan because it's harder for republicans to support. >> he is laying out broad principles and let the legislators do the heart fighting so he can come down and sign something and tout it as a legislative accomplishment. we saw it in health care reform. let's not forget the unemployment rate is still hovering around 8%. we have 66,000 people over in afghanistan, big drawdown and still 30,000 after that. >> chris: the drawdown is one of the things he will announce, 68,000 now but he will announce wayne year it will be reduced in a half cut
that is, quite frankly, an indication what happened in the election. he got 71% of the hispanic vote in november. mitt romney got 27% and republicans know they have to get on the right side of this issue. so republicans as well as democrats are working to try to come up with some kind of compromise. president realizes this is one of the few areas the legislators are working on their own and taking a back seat. it will be interesting how he talks about this tonight. he doesn't want to get in the...
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this is what the election was all about. and it's clear whose side the american people were on. 55% of americans approve of the job that the president is doing. that's a three-year high. but just 35% approve of the republican party. that's a three-year low. the clock is ticking. we are just three years away for massive cuts that will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. joining me now, richie wolf and joe madison who had his own radio interview with the president toad. joe, the president has a compelling case on these spending cuts. i mean, how can republicans just standby and let them happen? >> i think what's going to happen is you're going to see a gainsmanship here. let's take national security. usually, republicans were very strong on national security, there's no way that they would allow national security to become an issue as it relates to budget cuts. but imagine they let us go over this cliff and then the re3ubly cans come back and introduce a bill for those funds to be reinstated. now whapsz? democrats end up, if t
this is what the election was all about. and it's clear whose side the american people were on. 55% of americans approve of the job that the president is doing. that's a three-year high. but just 35% approve of the republican party. that's a three-year low. the clock is ticking. we are just three years away for massive cuts that will cost hundreds of thousands of jobs. joining me now, richie wolf and joe madison who had his own radio interview with the president toad. joe, the president has a...
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on election day, that election -- the election day of 2010, that election sort of altered my thinking. it was clear he to me that there were forces in every public and -- astride the republican party that would control that nomination process. it would be challenging for any nominee to navigate those forces. they would have to make difficult choices in order to be the nominee. there was an element of doubt. that was injected by the 2010 race. we did think it was the likely guy. >> was there every sign you that he would not do it? -- time he thought he was not going to do it? >> yeah. he had really relaxed in 2009. i am not sure i would have gone to say he is not going to do it. ann had a health scare. mitt is not going to do something if her health is not good. so, 2009, who knows. he was enjoying writing the book. the time that i came to think that he was looking to run was right after the scott brown race when he sat down with eric and said we need to get another person. let's talk to matt rhoades. i thought that was a pretty good indication that he was very serious about thinking o
on election day, that election -- the election day of 2010, that election sort of altered my thinking. it was clear he to me that there were forces in every public and -- astride the republican party that would control that nomination process. it would be challenging for any nominee to navigate those forces. they would have to make difficult choices in order to be the nominee. there was an element of doubt. that was injected by the 2010 race. we did think it was the likely guy. >> was...
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we've won most of them in super majorities including in places in the last election where romney won by over sixty percent of the vote when it moved him into languages presented to the voters alongside other election matters we wint so i'm telling you we're just getting started we're off to a roaring start and if folks have not joined yet i really want to encourage you to go to the web site. move to amend to sign up because it's not merely a petition tom you know that's an organizing. to we're going to be in touch with you we're going to get you in touch with the over one hundred seventy five local affiliates that are springing up these are ordinary people doing something extraordinary which is to do the educating work to do the analysis to rip away the sure that the layers that if you should ask you this is a movement that we the people are going to take our country back it is it's great and powerful stuff david thank you so much for being with us. again you can help that movement by going to move to amend or after the break millions of americans making minimum wage struggle to surv
we've won most of them in super majorities including in places in the last election where romney won by over sixty percent of the vote when it moved him into languages presented to the voters alongside other election matters we wint so i'm telling you we're just getting started we're off to a roaring start and if folks have not joined yet i really want to encourage you to go to the web site. move to amend to sign up because it's not merely a petition tom you know that's an organizing. to we're...
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well, the election is now over and the president said "i want to see some votes here." and i think that's a perfectly legitimate thing for a leader to say. so we may see a little bit of a change. but it's going to be very tough. the republicans are going to start out with being against everything that costs any money. they want spending cuts. they say he has had his revenue so we'll see how the two sides will finally get together. that will be where the rubber hits the road. >> pelley: and there's a narrow window of time here because in another eight or 12 months these members will be worried about getting reelected. >> yup. >> pelley: and there's the president leaving the chamber now. coming up next, we will have the republican response to the president from senator marco rubio of florida. we'll be right back with that. in america today we're running out of a vital resource we need to compete on the global stage. what we need are people prepared for the careers of our new economy. by 2025 we could have 20 million jobs without enough college graduates to fill them. that
well, the election is now over and the president said "i want to see some votes here." and i think that's a perfectly legitimate thing for a leader to say. so we may see a little bit of a change. but it's going to be very tough. the republicans are going to start out with being against everything that costs any money. they want spending cuts. they say he has had his revenue so we'll see how the two sides will finally get together. that will be where the rubber hits the road. >>...
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where about what's going on in pennsylvania and is there any way to stop the republican election rigging machine. you need to know this last week to fifth graders in colleville washington town of around five thousand people brought a knife and a semiautomatic handgun to school to kill another fifth grader a girl they say had bullied another student or did school fishel so what was going to happen to fifth graders were arrested as it tried to enter the school with their weapons. there are two ways we can try to prevent this sort of thing happening in the future one advocated by democrats is to increase the number of school counselors we have make classes smaller class sizes smaller so teachers are better able to deal with problem problematic kids denmark and singapore do both those things and those two countries have the world's best early education outcomes they also pay their teachers about the same as their physicians in other words one way to respond to this program problem is to strengthen our schools pay and empower our teachers and bring back the school counselors have been strippe
where about what's going on in pennsylvania and is there any way to stop the republican election rigging machine. you need to know this last week to fifth graders in colleville washington town of around five thousand people brought a knife and a semiautomatic handgun to school to kill another fifth grader a girl they say had bullied another student or did school fishel so what was going to happen to fifth graders were arrested as it tried to enter the school with their weapons. there are two...
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when politicians feel they must do to get re-elected instead of doing what's right, they often lose re-election, and if not, they lose their way. it is a sad day for conservatives. folks, this is political pragmatism from a guy who has to turn around and run in florida next year. there is one exception to this blue and purple state. it's virginia's bob macdonald. macdonald doesn't have to run for relocation. he doesn't have a governor's race in his future. the next one he faces may be with republican primary voters in the state of iowa in 2016. when it comes to health changes under the healthcare law, 25 of the 50 states have -- looks like the red-blue map. 17 states in the district have said they are planning on running their own exchanges. we're going to go more into this throughout the months ahead. up next, a sequester strategy session with two top veterans of congress, with capitol hill. will they wait till the last minute again to avoid a budget blow-up? and why is the threat of complete chaos the only way to find a deal. plus new concerns for chuck hagel and john brennan. first, milks pl
when politicians feel they must do to get re-elected instead of doing what's right, they often lose re-election, and if not, they lose their way. it is a sad day for conservatives. folks, this is political pragmatism from a guy who has to turn around and run in florida next year. there is one exception to this blue and purple state. it's virginia's bob macdonald. macdonald doesn't have to run for relocation. he doesn't have a governor's race in his future. the next one he faces may be with...
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i appreciated being an elected official. and the independence that came with that status. >> it seems that you believe that chuck hagel was treated differently simply because he was a republican who didn't -- who switched sides. >> in this particular context, unfortunately, very early on, people seized upon various positions of chuck hagel. i think there were legitimately held by chuck. he sat next to me in the foreign relations committee. we had very good debate and discussion. very active committee during those days. to selectively pull out of context all of what chuck hagel had to say in those years seems to me to be unfortunate and unfair. >> you were pretty tough on the media last night. i assume you meant in some cases conservative media. but basically maybe it's ideological media that you said makes money. and these groups that make money off of gridlock. so how would you stop this? >> i'm not certain that it can be stopped. i think it's public disapproval that will lead to being less -- in other words, what i was say
i appreciated being an elected official. and the independence that came with that status. >> it seems that you believe that chuck hagel was treated differently simply because he was a republican who didn't -- who switched sides. >> in this particular context, unfortunately, very early on, people seized upon various positions of chuck hagel. i think there were legitimately held by chuck. he sat next to me in the foreign relations committee. we had very good debate and discussion....
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the thing is that that election, on election day of 2010, you know, that election sort of altered my thinking slightly. i thought he would be the nominee, but it with a are was clear to me that day, that there were forces that were in the republican neat were going to control the nominating process, and that it was going to be challenging for any nominee to navigate those, those forces, and that they were going to have to make some difficult choices, in order to be the nominee. it was an element about that was injected by the 2010 race, buy always felt romney was the likely guy. >> was there after time you ever thought he was not going do it? >> yeah. i mean, he had a really relaxing 2009, and i am not sure i would have ever gone and said he is not going do it, but you know, ann had a health scare, and whatever -- he wouldn't do something if ann said it was not good. so i think 2009 was -- who knows, way was enjoying writing the book. at the time i think he was most likely to run was right after the scott-brown race when he sat down with eric and me and said "we med to get another pe
the thing is that that election, on election day of 2010, you know, that election sort of altered my thinking slightly. i thought he would be the nominee, but it with a are was clear to me that day, that there were forces that were in the republican neat were going to control the nominating process, and that it was going to be challenging for any nominee to navigate those, those forces, and that they were going to have to make some difficult choices, in order to be the nominee. it was an...
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, the election before that, and the president, as you said, wants to pay for some of this by, through tax reform, closing tax loopholes, trying to raise more revenue out of the wealthiest americans. he did make a reference to the "buffett rule" once again. we saw him propose that in the last state of the union address. it didn't get very far, you know, through, to have folks who make over a million dollars pay at least 30% of the, of their income above that in taxes, neil. neil: peter barnes, thank you very much. we're waiting for marco rubio's response. many people asked, you know, as you watch continuing coverage of this, what diffentiates fox business's coverage from, well, everyone else's for one thing. screen for one thing. us for one thing. the ticker, for another thing. dow futures are up on this. s&p futures are up on this. a lot of stocks are trading abroad are trading up as we get tantalizing close to a new record on the dow. i find it interesting, former new hampshire governor john sununu is with us. we're looking how markets are reacting to that and showing you what is goi
, the election before that, and the president, as you said, wants to pay for some of this by, through tax reform, closing tax loopholes, trying to raise more revenue out of the wealthiest americans. he did make a reference to the "buffett rule" once again. we saw him propose that in the last state of the union address. it didn't get very far, you know, through, to have folks who make over a million dollars pay at least 30% of the, of their income above that in taxes, neil. neil: peter...
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these are numbers for the next election, 2014. right now the democrats are about 17 votes shy of taking over the house of representatives. they're about five votes ahead of where they have to be to hold the senate. can they do it? can barack obama leave office having won back the united states congress and then, of course, aiming toward the second goal of his greatness, getting the democrat to replace him, hillary or joe biden. >> on the congressional side, history generally tends to be against presidents in midterm elections. they don't tend to do so well. they tend to lose seats historically, but i think -- >> clinton didn't. >> i think there are exceptions. what barack obama is counting on is a combination of sort of wearing down the republican party. there is a sense of demoralization on the right, and if you can tamp down that turnout because essentially you're throwing so many issues at the republican base -- >> yeah. >> they almost can't resist it and at the same time you're hiking up the excitement and keeping the level of
these are numbers for the next election, 2014. right now the democrats are about 17 votes shy of taking over the house of representatives. they're about five votes ahead of where they have to be to hold the senate. can they do it? can barack obama leave office having won back the united states congress and then, of course, aiming toward the second goal of his greatness, getting the democrat to replace him, hillary or joe biden. >> on the congressional side, history generally tends to be...
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he is the guy that has his successor elected, a democratic successor elected. he is the guy that starts a real era. can he win and the clintons not win? i mean -- can they both win, or is there a natural rivalry here between the two of them on history? >> well, there is a natural rivalry. but right now they're inextricably linked. i think that's what is interesting about this moment in history. for time really starting with the last campaign. bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and clinton loves to be needed. and i think that carries forward. i don't think that dynamic will change now. that for both of them to establish what they want in history, they need each other. but it's also true. and the reason bill clinton reacted so strongly to that -- that comment about ronald reagan is because bill clinton understood some of the truth of that. he always realized that he was sort of a transitional presidency, that he didn't -- and he regretted that he didn't have the opportunity, he felt, to be a great president because no crisis arose that allowed him that shot
he is the guy that has his successor elected, a democratic successor elected. he is the guy that starts a real era. can he win and the clintons not win? i mean -- can they both win, or is there a natural rivalry here between the two of them on history? >> well, there is a natural rivalry. but right now they're inextricably linked. i think that's what is interesting about this moment in history. for time really starting with the last campaign. bill clinton was needed by barack obama, and...
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which at this point in a congressional election in this congressional election is a starlet letter. so now enter one well regarded former state representative in the race, who is very, very, very proud and increasingly very vocal now about her rating from the nra and her rating from the nra is an "f." with support from "the chicago tribune," with support from liberal websites like daily coast and support from liberals around the country who are learning about this particular difference between candidates in this race, the bloomberg group and its enormous checkbook has decided to go all-in. they have picked the candidate who is proud of how much the nra does not like her. >> in the race for congress, the big issue fighting gun violence. debbie halvorson and toi hutchinson both earned an "a" from the nra. they can't be trusted. the clear choice, robin kelly, endorsed by "the chicago tribune." kelly will join president obama to take on the nra for effective background checks and to ban deadly assault weapons. robin kelly for congress, a champion in the fight against gun violence. indep
which at this point in a congressional election in this congressional election is a starlet letter. so now enter one well regarded former state representative in the race, who is very, very, very proud and increasingly very vocal now about her rating from the nra and her rating from the nra is an "f." with support from "the chicago tribune," with support from liberal websites like daily coast and support from liberals around the country who are learning about this particular...
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granted, it coincided with his re-election. a lot of people thought that was the best moment of his presidency. >> i agree with you -- he carries himself -- look, presidents are larger figures when they get re-elected. they just are because they're two-term presidents. you saw him walk into the room. there's a command of the room. there's a largeness to him. i agree with you, i think newtown -- >> at least my theory, part of it -- four things will at least happen regardless of how congress works or how the president operates. they will have sequestration. they will have a drawdown until afghanistan. there will be a vote on policy, let's be honest. and they're going to debate immigration reform. what stuck me as interesting last night, how the president pushed all those things differently. sequestration, he was able to come to some difference on what the cuts would be. drawdown, he was going to do it in his own order. this is going to be the drawdown. gun policy, there was talk about that coming to a vote. and with immigration r
granted, it coincided with his re-election. a lot of people thought that was the best moment of his presidency. >> i agree with you -- he carries himself -- look, presidents are larger figures when they get re-elected. they just are because they're two-term presidents. you saw him walk into the room. there's a command of the room. there's a largeness to him. i agree with you, i think newtown -- >> at least my theory, part of it -- four things will at least happen regardless of how...
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i thought which elected a democratic president and he said he's not in favor of big government. he said he's in favor of smart government artful, sounds nice. but why help republican framing when saying small government. it could have been worse. >> michael: i. >> john: i would submit to you that he was reframing it. and by talking about having smart government instead of big government, it goes to the heart of what we were talking about. >> cenk: david shuster. >> this was a not so subtle shot towards marco rubio when the president mentioned violence against women act marco rubio voted against that today. that was a subtle jab this. and something that played well with the american people, the white house went into the speech knowing that the american people hate congress. he talked to members of congress like they're children, treat them derision that a lot of american people have. and i saw you at the ribbing cutting. all of this was condescending but thoughtfully done and effective. keep in mind this was not a policy speech but politics speech. and the white house politics is
i thought which elected a democratic president and he said he's not in favor of big government. he said he's in favor of smart government artful, sounds nice. but why help republican framing when saying small government. it could have been worse. >> michael: i. >> john: i would submit to you that he was reframing it. and by talking about having smart government instead of big government, it goes to the heart of what we were talking about. >> cenk: david shuster. >> this...